Meizu 15, 15 Plus, and M15 Smartphones Announced in China with the Good Ol’ 16:9 Display

After being leaked extensively over the past week, China-based phone maker, Meizu has today introduced three new smartphones in China — the Meizu 15, M15, and 15 Plus. Surprisingly, none of these smartphones have a tall 18:9 screen. All of them, however, come with a haptic feedback system inspired by Apple’s 3D Touch technology called “mEngine”.

Let’s talk about the Meizu 15 Plus first. For starters, it has a traditional 5.96-inch AMOLED panel with a resolution of Quad HD. In spite of the lack of the 18:9 aspect ratio, Meizu has managed to cut down the bezels to just 1.175mm — possibly the narrowest in the world right now. In addition to that, it’s powered by the processor from last year’s Galaxy S8 line — the Exynos 8895. There’s 6GB of RAM, Flyme v7.0 software, and 64 or 128GB of internal storage which is not expandable.

The camera arrangement houses a primary 12-megapixel sensor along with a secondary 20-megapixel telephoto lens. The former of them is optically stabilized and has an aperture of f/1.8. On the front, you’ll find a 20-megapixel snapper as well.

In addition to the fingerprint reader, there’s a face unlock feature as well and the phone also carries a pair of stereo speakers. Underneath, it runs on a 3,500mAh battery which can fast-charged through a USB Type-C port. It will be available in three color options — Black, Gray, and Gold. It’s priced at 2,999 Yuan for the 64GB variant and 3,299 Yuan for 128GB.

Next up, the Meizu 15. It features a smaller 5.46-inch OLED screen with a resolution of 1080p and draws power from a Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 chipset, 4GB RAM, 64 or 128GB of internal storage, and a 3000mAh battery. The optics setup is similar to that of the Meizu 15 Plus, however, here there’s no OIS here. It will be available in four color options — White, Black, Blue, and Gold. The Meizu 15 starts at 2,499 Yuan for 64GB and 2,799 Yuan for 128GB.

The Meizu M15 comes with the same 5.45-inch display with one key difference — it’s an LCD panel instead of OLED. Under the hood, it runs on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor, 4GB of RAM, 3,000mAh battery, and 64GB of internal storage. Living up to its Lite moniker, the phone lacks a dual-camera arrangement and only has a single 12-megapixel sensor on the back. There’s a 20-megapixel selfie camera as well. It will go on sale in China for 1,699 Yuan.

Shubham Agarwal Author Shubham started as an intern with Technology Personalized and later graduated to be a full-time author. He dabs with both features and news posts. Currently based out of Ahmedabad, Shubham holds an engineering degree in Computer Science with a specialization in mobile applications.